Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 31, 1911, Page 1

N T TS 3 & 7 R B 0] Cabled Paragraphs Paris, Aug. 20.—The war against high Dices is being continued with unabat- ed violence, and tonight the govern- ment sent two squadrons of cavalry to the Valenciennes region with strin- gent orders to 1epress all _disturb- ances. The storekeepers are beginning to quail before the fury of the people. Saint Maritz, Switzerland, Aug. 30.— A railroad bridge which was being constructed across a deep gorge at Bruil, six miles south of this village, collapsed last night, carrying down with it thirty workmen. Fifteen of the men were taken out of the wreck- age dead and the other fifteen are all probably fatally hurt. GEIDEL JURY AT SCENE OF THE CRIME. In Company With the Judge, They i Hotel. X TWO PASSED OVER GOVERNOR'S VET Veterans’ Exemption and Norwalk Bridge Bills by State Legislators BUSIEST DAY OF WHOLEf SESSION Sunday Hotel Bill Got Majority in the Senate—Morton F. Plant 2 Member of State Park Commission— House Fixes Doorkeepers’ and Messengers’ Salaries at $100 Per Month For This Session. New York, Aug. 30.—The twelve men who are trying Paul Geidel for his life, Jackson, visited this evening the room in the iroquois hotel where the Dbrotoer mel. his death, it is alleged, at the hunds of the youthful bellboy. In jcompany with Judge Crain the jury went over the entire; ground which has beesn connected by testimony with the events surrounding the death of Jackson. ' Points Cleared Up. Before starting on the trip the court secured from the defense a waiver of all its rights as regards the taking of tesstimony while the boy prisoner was not present. With many points clear- ed to their apparent - satisfaction by their trip of inspection, the jurymen Hartford, Conn., Aug. 30.—This was probably the most stfenucus day for members of the general assembly this session. Throughout the day. the in- terest was intense, and the number of spectators, made up largely of lawyers Wwho were interested in pending bills, ‘was large in both chambers. The gov- ernor sent in a message, which was read in the house, urging re-districting and two of his veto messages were over-ridden. the one exnmpu;.g %vll was velerans from property tasation in the senate by the aid of the vote of | 2for Hooker cffered three .me‘nnmen(s‘ Lieutenant Governor Blakeslee, and | Spellacy one. and Senator Fenn ¢ the Norwalk bridse bill by the house | After the semeral* Gebate, in wh by an overwhelming majority. The|Much of the ground covered in the | retyrned to court and were dismissed governor sent to the senate for con- |louse debate was gonme over, agtion | yntil tomorrow, when the case will be firmation the names of Rev. Francis | Was taken on the amendments That | ¢ .rinned. Goodavin of Hariford, Morton F. Plant | by Mr. Spellacy, which vould require | “ During the afternoon the prosecu- of New London and Edward E. Brad- | the company to pay to the state two | tion continued its fight to refute the ley of New Haven as members of the | Per cent, of its earnings yearly, was| geclaration of the defense that Jack- state park _commission for two years, | defeated on a viva voce vete. son died of heart failure and not at the beginning September 1, under the law Rejected Nominal Tolls. hands of the bellbo: signed last week. Amendment B Ly Senator Hooker, State Rested Its Case. Pastors’ Bill. providing that nominal tools skoul@| The testimony iomindicates that the Senator Judson introduced a Sunday | be charged of vessels passing through | life of goung Geidel may depend upon bill in the senate which has been | the company’s canal at Windsor Locks. | wheth& his counsel can prove that the known as ‘the Bridgeport pastors 'bill { Was rejected 18 to 12. The original! proker.died from natural causes. Sev- and which will come up for action | Charter provision allows the company | cral physicians. were placed on the robably tomorrow. It is senate bill | to charge a tonnage tax on loaded ves- | stand who gave testimony in direct gels and a nominal fee on empty bot- | opposition to that of the witnesses of Change in Sunday Hotel Bill. toms. This original provision stands.| the defense. With the examination of The conference committee which had Wfiz‘ "r:f:e?!?: iw!:(:«' is'l;-a nlci:ol:;ré these men the state rested its case. "i."..‘:‘:f.:‘?:‘.‘:*{'wz“ér‘;‘,,"éfifiir'fé; TOLS g 33 158 BEAtAL b it Broker’s Brother on the Stand. n" Which aims to sive hotols the rign; | Ment D by Mr. Hooker, which would | A touching scene was enacted when 0 sell liquor to guests on Sunday, re. | Make the company pay to the state | Dr. Frank W. Jackson, brother of the orted to the senate throush Sewator | iVE PeF cent. of its receipts over local | dead man, was recalled to the stand Frishie ‘ot ‘the cxcise comiittes, The | tAXes, there was a lively debate. iy P anpo lspitedito et Bill s ehanged - somewnat froy he|. Semator Feun's smendment provid- | that Dr. Jackson testified that in his original drafe which the senate sasea |in8 that the bonds issued shall not | OPinion his brother could not have died @nd the House rejected, but the exact | €Xceed the amount of the capital stock | Of myo-carditis, his effort to be un- wording of the bill could not be deter- [ a3 under discussion when adjourn- |Prejudiced was. evident to all in the mined as it was read by €lerk Blod- [Tent Was taken uatil tomorTow. e o wait truth.? said A gett and then placed on immediate Senator Mahan Got Excited. torney Gray of th Geldel counsel 1a pussage and passed by a vote of 23 to |\_Senator Mahan rose to say that dur- | addressig the witgeos o Counsel 6. Those for the bill were Senators|ing heat of the debate he probably “God 'k,fq“’mmnl, what I-am here Pierce, Hooker, Spellacy, Fenn. Bailey. | said things which were not agreeable. | for this aftermoon.” snsnered the o Marlowe, Dickerman, Mitchell, Shan- | He did not intend them as such and | tor, s voice beeaking. . e ley, Mabwden, Parker, Platt Lawior, | moto Teflction’ upon many of the | Lo, hear G, Dicaking. 1 came Here, M Avery. Park, ‘Bartleit, McNeil, | men interested in this matter. as they | vani s an artabes 1 toph olt 1 Judson, Hammond, Barnub, | were all -personai friends and trusted ::u";r nfia'.’émwrfi‘:xymmmfiggeoz%'gfl: 5 ten IO paEainet, Senators | the newspapers would mot refer to his | Bug I couldn't” Wright and Leonard—6. absent, Sen- i DL LR o el ki v ., id M. o ::(r Alayn-i out gu:::‘ :h&mb:.'i’ “lrw( LIEUT.-GOVERNOR'S VOTE ".‘I‘..;““}hu,-??.‘iee";nfi.'&i before Dr. 3 tors . Lou: Vs 9 Jackson recovered his composure and Woodruft, Donm;n and Meara. A R ANG X N TION | e e it “ = m.— “kw:”:; & Broke the Tie When Senator Lawlor i 3 o iy o e e o naiore It was later, when an ef-| pHgriford, August 30—In the pas- e made to ascertain the Dature | sage of the civil war veterans Pex- iompromise on the bill, and it is | emption bill over the governor's veto in the senate today, the vote was 16 to 14, but Senator Lawlor was given understood it is in possession of. Mr. permission 3 change his vote before bly. as proniised, and then Mr. Johuson had it tabled. As it was nearly five o'clock the house adjourned. Five Amendments to This Bill. The senate all the afternoon was in the midst of debate oyer the 'bill to allow the Connecticut River company 10 amend its charter. It was a-more excited debate than was conducted in the house last week. The latter pass- ed the bill without any amendment. As soon as the senate took it up, Sen- FOREST FIRES DRIVE VILLAGERS TO THEIR BOATS. Newfoundlanders Put to Sea to Escape the Flam: St. Jonn's, N. F., Aug. 30.—Seeking safoty from the forest fires, the in- habitants of the viliage of Elliston and Joebatts took to boats vesterday and put out to sea. The towns of Catalina and Bonavista, on Trinity bay, were also threatened. The inhabitants hopelessly watched the flames, only a few miles distant, sweeping toward them. All bridges were burned and the forest fringed highways werz ablaze for miles, sus- pending all traffic in the fire zone Telegraphic communication was ever: where interrupted. The timber areas destroved are very sxtensive. The total loss will probably exceed $4,000,000. Bnnkli'hm- chairman of the judici- ary. The change in the bill is said to it was d and he did so,' sup- porting the governor and compelling be that it cuts out of the earlier bill the provision that a hotel to nave the Lieut.-Governor Blakeslee to break the tie which he did do by voting for the right to sell liquor on Sunday must be bill, of a certain size as to number of roome. There is also a requirement that & tawn shall be of a certain num- ber of veters to make that town eli- gible to have a hotel licensed to sell Jiquor to its guests on Sunday. When he DBill was reported Senator Peck maid that he opposed the ti bill, as he had one, as being afgainst he best interests of the state. will let down the bars and give ns @ wide open sale of liquor on Sun- day.” said the senator. Senator Platt replied that the bars have been down for years, battered dowr by local sen- timent. The bill was then passed. . On the Norwalk Bridge Bill. In_the house the governor's veto of Norwalk hyidge bill was called up. tative Johnson of Newtown he thought the governor was in- eonaistent in this veto, for hc had wigned the New London bond bill. . Representative Elliott of Greenwich favored the hill, even though the gov- ernor was older and so much wiser. Representative Burr of Westport theught the governor was honest in his intentions, but that he was looking backward. The conditions of the pres. ent are different from the past. Not one velicle in ten now crossing the bridge is a local one. Memiers Were Sportive. Representative Danks. explained the mature of the Norwalk bridge, the character of the travel over it, which is largely of .ulomhnhfle;ecrblslng the state, and added that the bridge Was | for armories in Willimantic and Dan- in & diszraceful eondition. He be- lieved that the town should be assist- b % et us B ed. e previeus question was or- dered and upon a. roll call the bill was | WARRIAGE AGREEMENT WAS passed, the governor's veto notwith- SIGNED AT NEWPORT standing, 113 to Once during the — - Wedding of Colenel Aster and Force Expected Soon Now. . Amendment Was Lost. Senator Spellacy tried to amend the bill limiting the benefits to $500, but this was not admitted. Senator Hooker claimed it would take $2,400,000 £or two years to pay the pensions. In Hartford alone the amount would be $120,000. Senator McNeil said he knew old soidiers hav- ing incomes of $10,000 a year who would .get_the 330 pension. Lieut.- Governor, Blakeslee, in_explaining his vote, said he favored the old soldiers. The bill as passed provides for ex- empting from taxation property to the amount of $3.000 of Civil war veterans and granting the old soldiers a pen- sion of $30 a year. For Loan Sharks’ Bill. The senate passed the so-called “loan sharks” bill, which prohibits the charging of more than 12 per cent. interest on loans of less than $500. The residents of Huntington who wanted a trolley charter were given leave to withdraw their petition. The_armory appropriation bill which had passed the house without any senate amendments got back- into the senate during the afternoon. Senator Spellacy fought hatd to deiay action n account of some absent senators. e tried parliamentary tactics to gain his point, but lost each time. No Money for These Armories. The bill making an appropriation MADERO NOMINATED. e Mexican Progressives Make m the Unanimous Choice for President. Mexico City, August 30.—With no dissenting voice, Francisco L Madero today received the momination of the Dprogressive party for president, but Francisco Vasquez Gomez, his old run- ning mate and erstwhile agent of the revolution at Washington, was grilled by partisans of three other candidates for the vice presidency ‘When the convention adjourned to- night, the candidacy of no other man than Gomez for the vice presidency had been considered. Jose Pino Suarez continued a favorite in the betting, with Alfredo Robles Dominguez as second choice. A ballot tonight prob- ably would have resulted in a division of honors for third place between Go- mez and Fernando 1. Caldewon. Madero was the only candidate for the presidency whose name was placed before theh convention, No speech was made. The chairman announced his candidacy, went through the for- mality of asking if there were others and was greeted by a chorus of “noes.” ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Mrs. Jennie Bowen Took Strychnine at Suffield—Recovery Probal Sufficld, Conn., Aug. 30.—Mrs. Jen~ nie Bowan of this place was found unconscious in a bedroom in her home here todax from strychnine poisoning, taken with' suicidaj intent. On a bu- reau was a note addressad to her par- ents. who live in Seeley Creek, N. Y., which was as follows: “Dear Pa and Ma: As this is my last day I want you to have my things. When Leon finds me he can bring me home dead. I can't stand it much longer. Goodby. . JENNIE! The Leon referred to in the note is Mrs. Bowan's husband, who disap- peared ten days gzo and it is alleged went to Chicago with another womans Mrs. Bowan received . a _telegram from him yesterday saying there were two letters in the general delivery at Springfield, Mass., for her, explaining his absence, but ‘when she went for them they would not deliver them to her. Prooding over her troubles is thought to have temporarily deranged her mind. The attending physiclan thinks she has a chance for recovery NEXT FATTEN THE “TURKEY. Cranberry. Harvest Begun in Mas: chusetts Begs—Is a Bumper. Middleboro, Mass., Aug. £0.Cran- berry- harvest on many bogs in this section began today, and by the first of next week shipments will have started for New.York and other points. Growers look "{:.a'o {ncrease of ahout per vent., or ‘barrels, over it Fear's croy p- roll eall the speaker admonished mem- hers from throwinz paper. they were engaged in a serious busi ress and unless they preserve decorum now it would delap the arrival of the time when they could throw papers to mmvmn—n'- content. enative €andee of Easton, who usually opposed appropriations, mas cheered when he voted for the As_the hi senate # Wfll now become la Applause for Senator Dofovan. Donovan. who fought for state ald of $50,000, was heartily con- sratulated, The house passed a resdlution to fix the compensation of its own doorkeep- messengers at this xession at $100 & month, a portion of the month to be paid in proportion. The door- Keepers have been paid $50) for the session and the mossengers $450. In spite of an unfaverable report from the incorp rat.ons committee, the ‘Waterbury Gas ‘Ligh. company's bill to have authority to increasa its cap- ital stock was passel with an amend- ment offered by Mr. Thoms siriking sout the section which woukl prevent the issunnce of stoek and bonds based |". on_the good will and franchise of the pany. State Par'c Goes Over The Bill 10 have the sin take spa- fromt propertv at Savin 12ck for Purposes, roported unfavorably, e Wap referred io il next session. telephone bill over which Rep- n-h‘t:uv— Johnso Newtown had had debate, on: of sevente:n sent ‘o “eold storsze” by the judiciary com- mittes. and which ~oncerns extension Newpert, R, L. August 50.—Col. John Jacob Asfor and his fiancee, Miss Madeline Force, were in Newport but a_few hours Monday. They devoted part of the time_ it became known to- dawy to the signing of the marriage agreement in which the settlement which Colonel Astor is to make upon his bride is stipulated. The document wus signed in the presence of Lewis Cass Ledyard, a New York attorney, and bears the signatures of Colonel of, Miss Force, Attorney Ledyard and William H. Force, father of the young woman, the latter two as wi nesses. The amount of the settlement is not known and all of those who Were present are now out -0f town. Newport people look=for the an- nouncement of the wedding soon, po: sibly before the close of the present week though no definite information has been given out. —Colonel . Aastor and his party left Newport for New York on the yacht Noma Monday: eve- ning and they have not since returned. Struck by Hartford Trolle; Hartford, August 30—Walking across Main street in her bare feet and scan- clad, Mrs Louise Wilson, who re- fused to give her age or address was struck by a trolley car tonight-and severely injured about the head. She was taken to a local hospital. Ne Warshihps to Turkey. ‘Washington, August 30.—It is un- equivocally denied Ly officials of the navy department that the - United States contemplates selling any of its warships to Turkey. Sue haction, it a bfiup.ih:h‘:nul \;n m’.‘- a :;apoikvflrd out, would not hkel.\'.‘bz un- a mile the 4 of a line, taken without the consent con- by Mr. Danks unfave ¢ passed the bill, Sfs | The' Bulletins Circulation in Norwioh is Double ‘That of Amy Other. Paper, on a charge of murdering William H., " In His Son JOHN. W, GATES DID NOT LEAVE HIS MONEY IN TRUST. “LEFT $38,000,000 Bulk of It Goes to His Widow and Son—Fortune Made in a Meteoric Career Is Distributed. —~ Aurora, Ill, Aug. 30.—John W. Gates did not leave his millions to be held in trust. He did not fear, as reported, that his son, Cbarles G. Gates, might imperil others who had invsted on his (John W. Gates’) advice. This was the. information made public by rela- tives today. On the contrary, just be- fore he.breathed his last, the moted financier declared that he had every faith in his son.. £ “Charley is All Right.” “Charley is all right,” he is said by relatives to have declared on - his deathbed. “I_know him better tha; anyone eise. ‘He can handle money, all right. It won't go to his head.” Gates' will is to be prebated in New York Oct. 2, according to rela tives in St. Charles, Il By its terms Gates’ entire wealth, $38,000,000, ex- cept a number of: minor legacies to valued friends: and distant relative goes to Gates’ widow and to. Charles Gates.. The son and the widow will divide the great fartune Gates milde during his meteoric carzer in the com- mercial world. $600,000 to Friends and Distant Rela- tives. Gates, however, left $600,000 to friends and distant relatives. He made numerous bequests, and his valet, his_butler and tha wife of his stenog- rapher were among the many to whom he_left legacies. Henry Baker, 20 yéars old. of St. Charles. a nephew of Gates’ by mar- riage, is left a quarter million_if .he goes through college. He gets $10,000 at once to pay his way through school. In the little village of St Charles more than half a million dollars goes to relatives of Gates' wife. Gates' af- fection for his wife was deep and he delighted in showing favors to her kin during his lifstime. Many of these he remembered. To Port Arthur Hospital. At Port Arthur, Tex. among impor- tant bequests is one of $150,000 to the Mary Gates Memorial hospital, named for the dead mother of the late Mr. Gates. Another bequest, estimated to- day at about $50,000, is made in the name of Mary Gates to the Methodist Episcopai mission board nf the na- tion, , Legatee Shuns Eastern Colleges. Young Baker, the 20 year old lad whe is to go_through college to.get the $250,000, declares he will win the fortune. He is reported to be engaged to Miss Nina Carlson, the 17 year old daughter of a St. Charles piano maker. “I don’t intend to go to school dowm east,” said young Baker, in discussing his-plans. “There is too much of that nobility racket down there to suit me. I_intend to go to the University of Chicago or the University of Wiscon- sin®* Mrs. Gates Will Live in New York. Mrs, Gates. widow of Gates. will not Jeave New York city. Sha likes New York and will make it her home, ac- cording to relatives. Gates did not want to be brought back to Hlinois tc be buried.- Before he died he talked over with his wife tha matter of his burial and decided that he would “rest easier if he were near the scene of battle” He meant Wall street. BLACK HAND LETTERS HASTENED HIS DEATH hardson of Masgachusetts Superior Court Is Dead. Orford. N. H. August 30.—Death, which had hovered about his bedside for a_month, came to Judge James Richardson of the Massachusetts su- perior court just at the stroke of idnight tonight. Judge Richardson d beén unconscious for-more than twenty-four hours. The critical part of Judge Richard- son’s iilness is said by members of his family to have dated from the time, last May, when h® received two Black Hand letters threatening his life, following his issuance of an in- Jjunction against the Boston Photo-En- graving union. The criticism of his judicial actiton and the threatens con- tained in the letters preved so deeply on the mind of the venerable justice that he was bedridden until death came. Judge Rifhardson was one of the oldest men in point of service in the Massachusetts judiciary, having serv- ed nineteen vears. FINED HIS WIFE TO MAKE HER BEHAVE Plan- Didn't Work—Now a Suit for Separation. New York, A: fine upon one’s have” was shown in the supreme court this afterncon to have worked badly in at least one case. Herman Gold- ner, a member of a Fifth avenue firm of manufacturers, tried the plan. Now he is defending a suit for separation. In response to charges of cruelty made by his_ wife, Goldner declares that Mrs. Goldner treated him so bad- Iy that he was compelled to fine’ her to make her change &ger conduct. ‘When one.fine of $200 was imposed and paid in.part out of the wife's bank account, the limit was apparent reach=d, The separation suit followed. Judge Dr. Doty Near Nervous Prestration. New _York, Aug. 30.—Dr. Alcah H. Doty, ‘whose’ administration as health officer of the port of New York has been under fire from different sources for the past two months, is verging upon nervous prostration.and is too ill to appear before the commission in- vestigating affairs at quarantine. A statement to this effect was made at today’s hearing by Dr. Doty's counsel, Gecrge Gordon Battle, and was sup- plemented by a tefegram from Dr. Doty's physician at Mounfain Lodge, N. Y., where Dr._Doty is said to be staving. Soh 3 Steamship Arrivals. At Antwerp:' Aug. 30, Kroonland, from New York. At Rotterdam: Aug. 29, Kursk, from New York . At Angra: Aug. 30, Germania; fri NZ'E}"& 55 0. ia; from avre: Aug. 29, Niagara, - rom New York. 4 4 ondensed Telograms S BEARDED foundered off the west coast of Kams- chatka. Counterfeiter EXPERT NEGRO COINER CAUGHT AT MEMPHIS. More Than Six Inches of Rain has fallen at Valdosta, Ga., in the last 21 hours, The Initiai Performance of the aero- plane gun has been satisfactory to the army officers, . A Carbineer Gave Damaging &i- dence against the priest Vitozzi, one of the accused Camorrists. Several of the“Shifted Diplomats will come to Washington before pr ceeding to their new stations. AFTER 5 YEARS’ SEARCH FIRST TESTIMONY Taken With His Whole Outfit for Making Bogus Silver Dollars—T Picked Up Only Thros Months Ago. The Schooner Rebecca Palmer was almost suffk at sea in a collision with six-masted Edward B. Winslow. Speaker Champ Clark Gives Out : statement in_reply to the president's taxiff speech Wecently defivered at Hamilton, Mass, Seven Victims of the Train Wreck at Manchester, N. Y., last Friday, were buried from their homes in towns ad- jacent to Pittsburgh. ‘Washington, Aug. 30.—A wavering red line. across a map of the city of Memphis on-the wall at secret service headquarters here records the story of @ five years' hunt for a counterfeiter of silver dollars which reached its elimax in Memphis today with the ar- rest of John G. Payne, a megro, and his wife. _Most Dangerous Coins Known. For more than five years the dollars which Payne is charged with making have be:n passing through the banks in Memphis and some have even reached the sub-treasuries. They were accounted among the most dangerous counterfeits with which ths govern- ment has had.to deal. All the re- Sources of the secret service failed to turn up a clue as to their source. “Bill” Nye on the Case. Thres months ago Assistant Chief W. H. Moran, the government's crack man on difficult cases, sent “Bill” also one of the flower of the service, to Memphis. A few weeks later at a negro emancipation celebration at Paducah, Nye picked up the first in- formation which led to the identifica- tion of Payne as the man alleged to have been passing the dangerous coins. Nye followed Payne back to Mamphis, consulted with Moran, and the two men laid out a campaign. Plant at a Farmhouse. Then, almost inch by inch, Nye be- gan picking a trail _through the Streets of Memphis to Payne's house. Every day, Moran in Washington, with a pen and red ink, recorded the pros- Tess of Nye's search upon a map of the city of Memphis. A few days ago a thin red line came to an end in the suburbs of Memphis, eight miles from the heart of the city. It stoppad in front of an isolated farmhouse, sur- rounded by a high board fence, which made it impossible for Nye to see in the windows. - Arrested Man and His Wife. . _Today Moran flashed a message ovar ‘the wires to Memphis and a few hours later Nve reported the arrest of Payne and his wife, as well as his capture of several of the counterfeit coins, the outfit for them and the genu- Chesterfleld Courthouse, Va., Aug. 30. —Testimony corroborative of the story told by Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., that a bearded highwayman killed his wife with a shotgun was _introduced by the defense in the Beattie trial today when . R. Holland, who lives in the- vi- of the Midlothian turnpike, where the murder occurred, declared that he had seen a bearded man with a shotgun therz about five hours before the traged: Three Times Before the Murder. It was the first move of the defense after the prosecution rested its case at noon tocay to establish the veracity of the prisoner, and besides Holland's statement_concerning a man with a shotgun, Eugene Henshaw, a farmer who travels the Midlothian turnpike dail testified that he saw a strange looking man prowling around on three different._days gbefore the murder. It is reported tonight that the prosecu- tion is ready-when its time for rebut- tal arrives to put on the stand the man who passed along the railroad tracks where Holland said he saw a man with a shotgun and that the new witness will say he was squirrel hunt- ing that day. How an Automobile Jolts. The- defense summonzd many Wwit- nesses. Besides its testimony regard- ing the bearded man, expert testimony was introduceq as {o the bouncing qualities of an automobile similar to that driven by Beattie, thereby ac- counting for the jolting out from the | car of the shotgin placed in a rear seat by Beattie after the enc “l’ll(:l' with the alleged highwayman. The prosecution attacked this line of evi- dance on cross examination. It con- tended that the railroad crossing where Beattie claims the gun must have been ejected from the car was 2 smooth ene and that the jolt which 2 2 crossing the The Requisition Papers Sent by the [Mught have resulic] from Crossing C07 Maryland authorities for Sudeliffe N, {tracks where (he TUIS &0 CFPO% s igauy, wanted i Inissionn, ere Lpeiomrit Sl h e chotiing tn- L ine dollars from which the “moulds declareddefective and Widdups was Niead of directly sideways parzllel with ‘were made.. — discharged. hs track where the gun was found. Moulds Were Perfect. 1 crai The idea of the prosecution has been On the counterfeits have bezn pe- to indicate that Beattie himsel 'nlhe culiar dents and scratches. Nye re- ed dowg at the crossing snd threw (e ported that ho found them in the gen- gun to ‘one side on his ws uine coins he took in the raid. Moran Owen home with his dead 3 says that proves that the moulds Highwaymen on This Road. from which the counterfeits were made The defente sought to. sttow e B s any s 0 being held up by highwaymen while duced the scratches and nicks of the genuine coins. STANDS READY TO ASSUME BRONX SUBWAY New Haven Road Said to Have Ex- pressed Its Desire. New York, August 30.—The New Hbven. railroad has not_given up its Dproject of entering New York’s subway fleld, it appeared this afternoon, when the New York, Westchester & Bos- ton railroad, which is controlled by The Louvre, im Faris, was opened to the public Tuesday for the first time since the disappearance of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. . The Interstate Commerce commis- sion has suspended a three-cent ad- vance in the rate on milk, announced by the Delaware & Hudson. The Four American Cruisers Turkey proposes to purchase from the United States probably are the’ Saratoga, Brooklyn, Olympia and Raleigh. Judge DeGraff of Des Moines issucd an injunction to afford tenants of an office building relief from the odor of onions coming from a restaurant near- by. Thomas Lansdown Was Shocked to death Tuesday while driving along the street at Warren, O. A telephone wire fell across a power wire and struck him. 7 A Danish Motor Boat with two Eng- lishmen_on board was seized outside Kiel. They were charged with spying on the maneuyers of the German fhiome fleet. Richard M. Northrop, president of the Connecticut Life Underwriters’ as- sociation at Hartford, -dicd Wednesday at the age of 31 after a lingering ill- ness. In Woonsocket there is an improve- ment in all lines of mill business, The cotton mill managers are of the opi jon that business is fast gelting on u firm basis. s of American Citizens against Mexico for alleged losses and damages sustained during the recent revolu- tion, continue to pour into the state department. Nathan B. Hinman, who is 83 years old, has mysteriously disappeared from the home of his daughter-in-law, at Torrington, and all efforts to trace him have met with failure. The Schooner Dorothy B. Barrett, | from Bath, Me.,, was in collision early Wednesday nicrning with the. torpedo 1t is believed the accident BELGUIM SENDING AMMUNIT!ON TO THE GERMAN FRONTIER. Precautions to Preserve Neutrality in Event of Franco-German War. Liege, Belgium, Aug. 30—An intense sensation has been created among the Belgian pcople, especially ncar the boundarigs of France and Germany, by the military precautions which are be- ing put info effect by the Belgian gov- Disorders Have Occurred in the Moctezuma district in Sonora as the Tesult of a food shortage due to crop failures, according to R. L. Cosgrove, who arrived from Moctezuma, o t. the New Haven road, is understood to | i F T el i cil was held yester- 3 een Hundred Weavers from Tsle, | A" liliiary council was Dbave signified to Mayor Gaynor Its de- |, ‘suburb of Paris, marched into St |qay at the villa of Licut. General Hel hl'! = ‘wm;ct' qultD _Irfl‘ opera‘t: Quentin and sacked eighty stores | johaut, the minister of war, at whic the Bronx sections of the Tri-Borough | &y catables were on sale. The Po- | the commandants of all the fromtier subway system. Whether the New Haven road wishes to get an inde- péndent entrance to this city and quit the Grand Central terminal has not Dbeen made clear, mor hahs the atti- tude of the city foward the Westches- ter & Boston offer been authoritatively outlined. The board of estimate has already taken the prelim: steps to a con- tract with the Westchester road for a physical connection with that road and the present subway system at West Farms. Final ratification of the con- tract is expected tomorrow. FIVE INJURED IN HARTFORD TROLLEY ACCIDENT Car Jumped the Track on a Curve— Motorman New to the Run. Hartford, August 30.—Five people were injured, one of them, Rev. Ed- ward Morrison, seriously, tonight when an Elizabeth park troiley car struck a curve near the park at a high speed and, running off the tracks a_distance of forty feet, toppied over. Rev. Mr. Mrrrison received a broken shoulder and eollar- bone_and cuts about the head and face. The other injured are Motorman Michael Keating, ribs brok- en and scalp wounds; Harry Gaines, conductor, bruites, and William Mon- agan and Miss TLaura Pritchard of New Britain, cut and bruised. The accident was due to the fact that the motorman was new on the run and his failure on a preceding trip to light lamps_designating where the curve was. He supposed the curve was far- ther ahead than it was therefore did not slacken the speed of his car when he should have done so. CORRUPTION IN ELECTIONS. Indictments by Wholesale Against At- lantic City Officials. | _Mays Landing, N. J, Ausust ‘30— Sixteen additional indictments charg- ng violation of the) election laws in Atlantic Citv, were returned today Dby the grand jury. Among those in- dicted, all of whom eptered pleas of not guilty were Councilmen John | Murtland, Michael Green and Andrew | Terry, charged with copspiracy to cor- Tupt Voters and charged with briber: In addition Green arfd Terry were in dicted also on two other charges. James E. Scull, city clerk of Somers Point, and Charles Steelman, wefe in- dicted pointly ard severally, charged with corrupting voters. . James Stark of Som: councilman, _i: defenses and other military authorities Were present. 3 The Dedication of the Jesup memo- | ~ The conference was called to consid- rial Uibrary building, the gift of MIS. | or measures to preserve the neutrality Morris K. Jesup of New York to the | of the cotméry in the event of was be- Bar Harbor village library in memory | tyeen France and Germany, so as to of her husband, was held Wednesday. | prevent the violation of Belgfan terri- R tory be iyther combatant, or by Great Tritain, should that country become involved in_ the conflict. Great military activity has been in evidence during the past two days. Targe supplies of shell for the frontier forts and rifie ammunition have been sent forward, and additional batteries of artillery and rapid fire guns have been shipped to reinforce the posts on 201 rouds leading to the German rron- ter. . Shecific instructions, it s under- stood, nave been sent to the command- ere of troops concerning the blowing up of bridges and the destruction of railways should war break out. lice finally dispersed the rioters. Herbert M. Barrett, a retircd farmer of Bethel, Vt., (0 years of age, was drowned when a power boat occupied by him and three others was carried over the Blue Hill dam on the White river, Monday. Linn Washer, 'Baggageman, was kill- ed Monday afternoon by being thrown from the side door of his car when it lurched at a curve in the Roseville sta- tion of the Lackawanna railroad. His neck was broken. All Hope of Finding Adolph Krahl, who mysteriously _disappeared ~from Torrington. where he went on a busi- i sk 7, L. C. Bates compal e D T n’ has been abandoned | POPULATION CENTER HAS by his family and friends. ol MOVED WEST 39 MILES. By the Will of Prof. Edward Lewis Curtis, late acting dean of the Yale divinity school. filed for probate in New Haven, the entire estate of about 340,000 is left to the widow. Besides the widow, four children survive. Miss Harriet De Witt, daughter ot a well known and respected citizen of Easton, Pa., has been arrestell and is held in bail for a hearing on th charge of writing hundreds of lette of scurrilous and indecent character In Past Ten Years—Now at Blooming- ton, Indiana. Washington, Aug. 30.—The center of pov n of the Unitea States was announced by Director of Census Du- rand today to be in the western part of the city of Bloomington, Monroe county, Ind. This is eight miles fur- ther west than t location announced July 17, when Director Durant placed it four and one-quarer miles south of Unionville. in the same county. The exact longitude of the center of population is 86 degrees 23 minutes and 20 seconds west, a difference of nine seconds, or eight miles. from the previous announcement. Bioomingion i V2 Octo- i southern In ina. ‘en years ago Zessions in Washington, D. Cs Octo- |is in southern Indiana, vears a0 aph southeast of Columbia, Ind, 39 miles | Bertha Steiner, 19 years old, entered | east of its mew location. | the Stagz street police station in Wil- — terial condition ana PECULIAR CONDITION s ABOUT THIS INHERITANCE. Mrs. Baldwin Must Be Wife of Girl- hood Friend. Several Witnesses from Chicago, Duluth and other cities will be heard by the congressional committee inves- tigating the United States Steel co poration wnen_that body resumes i liamsburg in a h said that after ha to ubhouse she £ her book and meck chain and kept a 1 Chairman Stanley sional committee appointed to investi- gate the alleged Steel trust, accom- panied by a special investigator, in- spected the large plant of the United States Steel corporation at Gary, Ind., New Haven, Conn, Anug. 30.—De- velopments in connection with _the $200,000 heritage of Mrs.; May Deffey Baldwin, wife-of a Milford blacksmnth, VAL R T S I BTG 2 = ay were o the eftect that the inherit- e —_— & v siderably more than t stated and probably Gastor I. Hoimes of Mississip ol st Charles L. Clifford of Massachusetts, the two midshipmen who on the recent European cruise of the Annapohis ca- deis disappeared at Bergen, Norwa reappearing recently at . Christiana, will have their cases reviewed by the acting secretary of the navy. more than b provision of the w Paldwin, 1o re s be (he wife o a ‘gitlhood friend. made o see if thera way out of {he situation ere that provision. Ts Point, a charged with bribery. Indications Point to Suicide. New Havem, Conn., Aug. —Police investigation into thé death of Samka Moryn, 24 vears old, whose body was found in a local park yesterday, con- tinued today, with developments, ac- cording to the authorities, tanding to support the suicide theory. Moryn, it was stated by the police yesterday, had been strangled to death with a hitch- ing strap, and it was thought then that he might have met deati at other = not some legal ed by The Shin Isebeck at Antofagasta, Chili, reports finding the German bark Thekla on the rocks off Staten Tsland . near Terra Del Fuego. The saved e of the crew after days’ worlk, but a hurricane forced hér to abandon all further cfforts at| Teacte Killed for Optional Charters. Hartford, Aug. 30.—The house this afternoon Kkiiled the bill for optional charters in cities and fowns hased on théd commission pian. The senate had ::lli:d this measure. The vote was §9 MAN WITH A Wfis In the Road Five Hours Before the Beattie ngedy._ Another Witness Saw Strange Looking Prowler—Chauf- feur Tells of Highwayman—Attempt to Establish Veracity of the Accused—Prosecution Said to be Ready with Rebuttal of Points Brought Out. that jin the la FOR THE DEFENSE motoring in this vicinity was not an uncommon -occurrence and put on the stand a chauffeur who reiated an ex— perience with a highway a year age. The commonwealth atiorneys objeet— ed to the festimony as irrelevamt. Judge Watson ruied that uniess & great many instances could be poimt- ed to showing holdups of simfiar character to the one d:scrived by the et ot the Ring would e raed ovte, dent of 'the would - The defense anmounced that they il tended to givs other instances latar. Nothing Said About Screams. Beattie's counsel -attacked (IO declaration of Sam Talley that e heard on the night of the murder & shot and the scream of 2 woman OB the Midlothian turnpike. Sevorai wit- nesses testified that the morning afies the murder when Beattic taiked with Talley and others nothinz was ssid about a woman screaming. Nine Cats in a Rogm. < An_amusing incident occurrad the defense put om the stand Willlam Pemberton, 2 man of 45 years of ae, to attack the truthfulness and charse- ter of Talley. Pemberton's own mem- tality was d by Prosecater Wendenburg. “Are you m?l in your mind?" agk- ed the prosecufor. “What do you mean: am | crasy?” Pemberton asked. “Well. 5o.” “Didn't you have nine cats chained in one reom in your house once® asked the psgsecutor. exclaiming: “Look ere, young.man, are gos &y ing to cross me? You #re talking out of your The, witness contiued tafiin idly, but in the jaughter of noutroo®, oven after Judge has order the witness on in ning-lik court him to stop. prisover ughter and was fhs the room to regain his composurs. i § 8 OPPOSED TO GOV. BALDWINS AIRSHIP REGULATION, American Bar Association Againet Ims terstate Air Commerce Laws. - Boston, Aug. 30—Ons of the fnter SN i ovoctation s e Tebama can to condemn the so-called “third de- gree” in criminal Investigations. The committes Investigaiving the subject found that 8o litfle whe known of the third degrse “at it was difficult to lay down any riis coneern- ing it. It was the opinion of the eom. mittee that the alleged ovil was local and that the remedy should be loesl. The assoctation also sustaimed & committe which reported againet = resolution offered by Governor Batd- win of Connectfeut proposing a datafl- ed regulation of Interstats commeres by airships. ¥ Amother committse, which reported adversely upon a r an incresse in the salaries udge; federal was Laena ne prestaent of the tion was authorized to * mittee to formulate propess congress legislation providing for increase. WAS INSANE WHEN HE SHOT UP TROLLEY CAR. Faldo Mailask Kilied Two Persoms st id, Mass. Pittsfield, Mase, Auvz. 3. Mallack. who shot up a trofiey ese ‘Adams on July 22 tast. killing ‘wo per- sonsg, is insane, according to a received today by Judge Jonn P. by of the superfor cowrt from Dr. Georgue Tuttle, superintendent of the McL2an insane hospital at Wazesly, and Dr. John A. Houston, superintend- ent of the state insane hospital at Nc-rtllampt[on,‘ 2’1; two nml m” were appointes o e ine Mallack. Judge Crosby m?m ly issue an order committing the man to one of the state hospitals for the insane. Mallack’s victims wers GC!;: Ehret of Pittsfield, motorman of car into_which the insane mam dis- charged his revoiver, and Miss Martas Elser of Adams, a passenger. MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICANS CHOOSE PRESIDING OFFICER ficer for e to_be held in Boston, om Ociober 5.3t which only & party piatform wi be adopted, the committee on resolutions. M. er is o lawyer, a graduate of Yale d 2 member of the American detes gation at the trial of the Sewfommfle iand fisheries dispuie, Vernon, Conn., Asgust %6 —~Wes, ral Wiley, 47 years old. wa® by an interurban car nesr (he 1or¢ whieh will With her _ suffe o